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The latest international news, including articles, Commentary, and special features.

Students enter the Kirkkojärvi School in Espoo, Finland. The school is among those featured in an exhibit that highlights the country's move away from factory-style schools to contemporary campuses built to meet the pedagogical and social needs of their students and teachers.
—Stuart W. Conway

Finland Rethinks Factory-Style School Buildings

A new exhibit highlights efforts in Finland to design schools tailored to the learning needs of students and teachers. (July 6, 2012)

Top Performers Blog

05/10 11:27 am | What Does it Really Mean to be College and Work Ready? | Marc Tucker explains the findings of his organization's study on the English and mathematics requirements to be successful in the first year of community colleges.

Global Learning Blog

05/15 09:47 am | Asia in Your Classroom | I present a handful of resources that can be utilized by secondary history, physical geography, and visual arts teachers wishing to add more Asian content into the classroom.

Democracy and Education Blog

07/11 03:25 pm | The State of Public Education; The State of Movements for Human Rights | As I announced yesterday, we are moving this blog to a new livelier format at Participatory Democracy and Public Education.  I want to take the opportunity of this last blog ...

On-Demand Webinar

E-Learning Goes Global
This webinar examined the state of online learning internationally and highlight various countries moving ahead in this arena.

Chat Transcripts

What U.S. Schools Can Learn From High-Performing Countries
This chat examined the United States’ mediocre showing on recent international tests, and what those results mean.

E-Learning Creates Foreign Connections
Our guests in this chat shared their experiences establishing meaningful connections between their schools in the United States and schools in other countries.

Special Collection

Quality Counts 2012
The 16th edition of Education Week's annual report looks at America's international standing in education, and lessons to be drawn from high-performing countries.

Multimedia

Quality Counts 2012: A Multimedia Presentation

Why is it important to study schools from other countries? Watch videos on the subject and listen to Education Week's reporters who studied the issue at large for Quality Counts 2012.

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Focus On: Career Readiness
Swiss Academic and Career Paths Designed to Cross
System allows secondary students to shift from vocational training to a degree roughly equivalent to the high school diploma. April 23, 2013 – Education Week
Virtual Educators Critique Value of MOOCs for K-12
Massively open online courses are growing more popular in colleges and universities, but there are questions about the quality of the courses and the retention of students. February 5, 2013 – Education Week
Rural Leader Buoys School With Foreign Students
International-student programs work well in Australia, thought Superintendent Clark Hults, so why not in the Adirondacks? February 4, 2013 – Education Week
Commentary
International Tests Reveal Surprises at Home and Abroad
After digging into international test data, Martin Carnoy and Richard Rothstein argue that the scores mask an important reality. January 18, 2013 – Education Week
On Global Exams, U.S. Comes Closer to Finland
While the two nations ran even in math, Finland maintained the lead in science and reading even though some U.S. states finished ahead. January 8, 2013 – Education Week
Commentary
Language Education We Can Use
Foreign-language education needs to change dramatically to become more useful for students in the global economy, David Young and J.B. Buxton write. January 8, 2013 – Education Week
U.S. Test Scores Surpass International Average, New Data Show
But performance falls well short of several East Asian countries in math, science. January 4, 2013 – Education Week
Focus On: International Baccalaureate
Educators Tout IB's Links to Common Core
International Baccalaureate educators say their program offers a base for designing curriculum units that align with the new Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English/language arts. December 21, 2012 | Updated: January 10, 2013 – Education Week
American 4th Graders Among Top Readers in Global Study
The United States has gained ground against countries that are top performers in the 2011 PIRLS, or Progress in International Reading Literacy Skills, improving to far above the international average, the latest results show. December 11, 2012 – Education Week
Staying Optimistic in Tough Times
Shrinking budgets and unrelenting demands for higher achievement are threatening education, but education around the world is still better than ever, says Ben Levin. December 7, 2012 – Education Week

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